1. Hospital guidelines for reporting live births, infant deaths, fetal deaths, and induced terminations of pregnancy. a For most states, a report of fetal death is required when the birth weight is 350 g or greater or the gestational age is 20 weeks or older.
Hospital guidelines for reporting live births, infant deaths, fetal deaths, and induced terminations of pregnancy. a For most states, a report of fetal death is required when the birth weight is 350 g or greater or the gestational age is 20 weeks or older. Adapted with permission from the National Association for Public Health Statistics and Information Systems (
Wanda Denise Barfield, and the Committee on Fetus and Newborn Pediatrics 2011;128:
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